Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-03
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.

Politics IS looking up in New York. The dele
gate IS abroad, the mugwuInp has come out OF his
SiniOus lair and the socialist is whoOpng like
Rad Every republican argues with telling force
that the aDOr vote VIII knock the democratic party
higher than the Aite OI the Late Mr. Glderoy, wniie
The democrats snort with uncLlOuS hGmur and
sheer al republican predictions IL is a peculiar
phJsc OF political campaigns that every man and
every party Is COCK sure OF winning in a canter
about TWO months before election day. Not until
the Eut really begins 90 the Chances receive lair
recognition Now every one Is happy and politics
The most ctiizAJiul pursuit IN the world. Candi-
djttsS nave rosy che tre neatly attlTed and beam
upon the universe THey Will Oe hIrgard, M. ll-
gent and GistrJuglt before the great Jay arrives,
though they ID IL -, think 80 now. The discus, ton
Of pl-it-cs 10 pushing horse talk the wall Every
man must have bceu atruch with the utter reck-
!esslt7a OF trEth and accuracy - cA yddeo any
t1IA III pultl-o- heard two men last nign give
IAir example OF thi-. IL was in the hoffman
Hoi-e, aud b0Jn o. the tsputants weru men OF po-
sstl0n in the buSre-o world
"Oh George VIII poll big vote Will he?p
asked one OF Then with IN air OF intense satire to
the OtAcr.
.'Yes he viii, answered the other hotly.
s-Huy will he?'
because ne Will
"OA, 20 home and think IL over for . month He
won't poll hundred votes"
.'he polled hundred and ten thousan' last lee
..Y1as he Gia,7
"Well oIdu hSe'
''No; ne poiled seven thousan' eight hundred an
They -slared at one another for a moment and
then realizing that the disparity IN the II lures Is
-
their heels ana stt.ked apart Another Iaan IN the
group slid thoUghtfulIy as the erstwhi!e friends
dlsaPpe ;red.
81. orse's majority was really 66OOo gentle
O.en-"
excuse me-" Interrupted another, happen 70
Know that IL was"
Al tAl- point the bartender produced a little
o0oS and sad with great respect:
81 have tie Hsurcs here II you care to have
'.III be- a. thousand dollars to one hundred
sIDlted "a broker II the group, THAT these figures
ar dead WTUu -
Her tarrc was u pause and che men shifted
thrir let with TIE air OF dogs who are anxtous 10
lalAp ia and make Iiince neat OF a rat In u pit.
No ohe knew any thing OF Importance, out they
were All ANXIOUS To t-lk- Ii 10 ever thus in poll
tls, tAe "OriG /, crazy 10 tell what it does Rot
Know Sometimes Il man Possesses himself OF one
!Stt-Oe IL gCeat or sndli-s.nd thereafter he Is d
naming hit mace AND a terror whenever politics
,tOP w. knew man once who ascertained a
s'I--S TACT &bJut TIE size OF the that cast
~. : tuth aud starred IL Tor years. lie was
n4i-'.44 h@it a. acIO1l commissioner ia sheer re-
N.iiSi, an Il - de at land IN Tine gubernat0Ilal
c-I.df ia tie II VII. Je because he canno; commit
more l~Cts 20 memory. have seen nlIn render a
Ui - si'1''iiis swearing ana ho--bTeat ned men
-, ti+,-.is an fJect'd pulp with The Iliden-
io"a Iatt "lthoI' u. Hing Z hair. Some man
.'v-iI Pe.-s, !Ose himself II Iii hL OF eIoauece
Il Tel you. gentlemen, our natures are our
hdttres must ID, stirred b. the magnificent re-
Vert-ritiDua OF sentiment the palpif GIing OF the
Hate ga IN great American people crying from the
Gu. ~ ,e 81 l. .feice ami ifon Main 10 the Rio
NoeiG IAtei o. L. a trd and piping voice. ..whad
Iiilih 81 his iosa vOt,?'
-" .idt dV tsiuk % MS iowa votr sir?- the ora
ii4e 10 r al "a. l..letil..I. .D,5li. Iowa
Iep-y-
""ny. / tAinA 1t was-er-a-a decidedly as ii
An ai, sir. But It's Size, It's sizeY'
= coz 80 tIat Tie vA.-cI--y
va ! D. IJi't AaO.?"
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